I am using a pair of USB speakers driven via the ALSA 'usb-audio' driver which I was forced to install myself. (*Grumble, grumble...!*)

The volume control for the speakers is incredibly buggy. The left and right channels separate for no reason. The volume will instantly drop to zero for no apparent reason at the slightest attempt to simply tweak the volume just slightly. And despite my repeated attempts to select the little icon to lock the left and right channels at the same volume, my operating system appears to have other ideas.

Now, I'm not suggesting this is anything new, either. I noticed this problem when I first flirted with Ubuntu, under the Feisty Fawn release. So is this just another inherited Ubuntu bug?

At present, I am unable to realistically adjust my audio volume within the control panel.

What did you install? The correct name please because I don't find usb-audio in FeliciaThat's the next question - which version of Mint exactlyMy usb head phones changes both simultaneously, but I don't get any sound so I'm interested in what you found

That is not the most simple thing to read and follow - are you sure you've done it correctly?I see you need some symlinks and compiling etcHave to read more carefully, right now I'm going through a lot of topics so no time

Yes, it certainly wasn't a straightforward driver installation. I took a little while longer than I expected. However, I was suprised and delighted to have experienced no problems during the process, and the speakers work perfectly as a result.

I now have an updated: I think I may have identified a workaround for this problem. Instead of using the normal volume control located at the bottom-right of the toolbar, I have found a superior volume control interface within the Mint distribution.

By opening a terminal and typing pavucontrol, I am able to access a 'left-to-right' style stereo volume slider, instead of the buggy and inferior vertical slider. This horizontal slider does not possess the same buggy volume shorting that the vertical one does. I have now assigned a keyboard shortcut in the gconf-editor to allow easy access to my new volume control in the future.